2023 International Wrestling Rankings - Men's Freestyle

79 Jordan Burroughs

Iran decided their world team spot at 79kg at the ranking series event in Tunisia by sending both Mohammad Nokhodi and Ali Savadkouhi. 2021 world silver medalist Nokhodi ultimately came away with the gold and will represent Iran at the world championships, however, it was a bit of a roller coaster of a weight class.

Because the entries were small, wrestlers were in two round-robin pools with the top 2 qualifying for the semi-finals in each pool. Savadkouhi and Nokhodi were in the same pool and wrestled first with Savadkouhi winning on criteria, 5-5. Then, Chance Marsteller defeated Savadkouhi but lost to Nokhodi. After the criteria, Nokhodi and Marsteller finished first and second in the pool while Savadkouhi was eliminated. To close the tournament out, Kazakhstan's Bolat Sakayev defeated Marsteller in the semis before losing to Nokhodi in the finals. 

Questions or comments? Contact our ranker, Jon Kozak, on Twitter @KozakJon or through email at Jonathan.Kozak@flosports.tv.

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